Pokedex is not working

7/23/17 UPDATE: now you no longer receive poke coins when you drop assign a Pokémon to defend a gym??? I want to love and play this game like before but this game is not any fun any more and most I know stopped playing months ago.

I do enjoy the game and like the Halloween update however the Pokedex no longer is accessible. When I tap it it goes to Tips not Pokedex. Also I am only level 24 but when a cp lvl 50 Pidgey can make me waste more than 1 poke ball I call foul! It was great fun before and I was all excited but lately its just too time and battery consuming to play. Having to earn a crazy 100k plus to level up and I swear some poké teams are using how spoofers and whatnot because I have seen whole teams take over 2 gyms in a row in less than a few minutes.

Blkaneseichiban about Pokémon GO, v1.39.0